Sardar Yaqoob Nasir appointed president PML-N

Lahore : Sardar Yaqoob Khan Nasir is appointed President Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. Nawaz Sharif has suggested his name for acting president in central advisory board of the party which was accepted by the members.

Later , in party meeting chaired by the chairman Raja Zafar ul Has, sardar Yaqoob Nasir name was proposed by Raja Zafar-ul-Haq at a meeting of the Central Executive Committee of the party in Islamabad on Thursday.

The committee endorsed his nomination.

The seat fell vacant due to disqualification of Nawaz Sharif by the Supreme Court and the resultant direction of the Election Commission to PML (N) to elect a new head of the party.